Implementing EB Wound Care: Measure Progress Toward Goal
{"Image DocumentName": "Implementing EB Wound Care: Measure Progress Toward Goal", "Image ImageDescription": "Why measure? Support care decisions. Encourage patient. Early warning of: infection. non-healing (4 wk <20% decrease in wound area) Benchmark outcomes. Identify problems. What to Measure. Wound dimensions. Wound bed. Necrotic tissue. Granulation. Epithelization. Exudate. Odor. Pain. Once you have used evidence-based patient and wound assessment to identify the Goals of care, applied research-based Action plans or Algorithms to meet those goals of care, now its time to reap your rewards and measure the Progress toward the goal! You can use these results to encourage your patients, support your care decisions and convince authorities to allow you to do quality wound care. And because there will always be some patients who offer special challenges, it will help you identify their problems early before they become catastrophes. If a wound does not show significant healing it is very likely NOT on the path toward healing.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}